diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 8a726cd3e7c5..e2ad50ba3e81 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "firestore": "1.15.0",
   "logging": "1.9.0",
   "profiler": "0.4.0",
-  "pubsub": "1.36.2",
+  "pubsub": "1.36.3",
   "pubsublite": "1.8.1",
   "spanner": "1.57.0",
   "storage": "1.39.0",
diff --git a/pubsub/CHANGES.md b/pubsub/CHANGES.md
index 06925419d946..4ad96210970b 100644
--- a/pubsub/CHANGES.md
+++ b/pubsub/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.36.3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/pubsub/v1.36.2...pubsub/v1.36.3) (2024-03-06)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **pubsub:** Check for nil responses for receive examples ([#9516](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9516)) ([6deb969](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/6deb96914ecbdaaea521c175db4c2ee1f223590c))
+
 ## [1.36.2](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/pubsub/v1.36.1...pubsub/v1.36.2) (2024-02-28)
 
 
diff --git a/pubsub/internal/version.go b/pubsub/internal/version.go
index 28cc91e3025c..151774a24828 100644
--- a/pubsub/internal/version.go
+++ b/pubsub/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.36.2"
+const Version = "1.36.3"